Weddingbee Blog

Props to anyone who can let me know artist of the song in the title of the post (no Googling!!).

So, after sort of getting ideas of what I wanted to do with my makeup, I decided I’d take the plunge and line up two makeup trials. In the end, they were both different experiences. One is a professional makeup artist who works in television; one does makeup as a side job. One was VERY late; one was on time to the minute. One seemed very skilled; one seemed skilled, but not as much as the other. One used much more makeup on me; one used much less. For one, I was able to see her skills with airbrush, the other one I did not, which is hard, because she intended to use it on the wedding day. One felt like I was hanging out with my friend, the other was very sweet, but I wouldn’t say we could seriously chill (this is not a prerequisite for any wedding helper, but hey, it can’t hurt, right?).

So how did they both turn out? Before I show you, please let me preface this by saying that I am usually freaked out by wearing makeup, AND lately I’ve been taking some really, REALLY bad pictures.

Contestant #1

Yeah… umm… I’m not most photogenic here, but you get the idea, right? I think the lip color will be slightly different the day of. Also, just as a reminder, I will be having a daytime wedding, so as an official “makeup ’fraidy cat”, I asked for softer colors and nothing too dramatic.

Contestant #2

Okay, hive… as a friend would say, “Miss Swan, you look kinda… extra.” Yeah, I’m going to agree here… not because of the makeup job, but because I look a bit demented. I’m my own worst critic, I guess. This makeup job was very subtle.

I won’t say which one I picked, but the choice is yours, hive! Which look do you like?